In relation to this, here's a quote from David Bowie that I've always liked:
"If you feel safe in the area that you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting."
Threads isn’t even federated with the greater Fedi so IDK why it’s even being contented here. In the scope of people who actually use the fediverse Mastodon is king.
Woensdag spreken Lloyd Haft, Silvia Marijnissen en ik in Leiden over Taiwanese literatuur: dichters als Zhou Mengdie, Hsia Yu en Chen Yuhong, en de nog altijd immens populaire Sanmao. Kom ook!
Wat: Taiwanese literature in Dutch: the voice of the translators
Waar: UB Leiden, Vossiuskamer @AsianLibraryNL
Wanneer: woensdag 20 september van 15.30-17.00, met aansluitend borrel
Voertaal: Nederlands
Meer info: https://www.facebook.com/asianlibraryleiden #Taiwan#literatuur#poëzie#Leiden#Sanmao
@ajsadauskas@technology I got burned when they axed Wave but axing their video conferencing apps on their video conferencing box is really next level. 🫠
Yup, they’re like me, but they actually finish them. But if I ever finish something, you can bet I’m not going to just throw it away a few years later.
Congratulations to our teams who won two prizes at the
IBC Awards which recognise: "[pushing] the boundaries of live and linear content creation and delivery."
@BBCRD As someone who remembers microwave links and intermediates and steerable receive dishes on transmitting masts as the sole means of getting a vision signal to somewhere it could be useful (admittedly, this did make for some nice relaxing days for Tel.OBs staff sitting at Crystal Palace or Sutton Coldfield watching the cricket going down the line) this is pretty mindblowing.
Sitze jetzt in der Mittagspause mit Notebook in einem Café und frage mich, wer eigentlich die Idee aufgebracht hat, dass das Arbeiten an solchen Orten so toll sein soll. Also, ja, ich kann Mails lesen und beantworten, aber für alles andere fehlt mir dann doch mein Schreibtisch und der zweite Bildschirm (ja, Luxusproblem, ich weiß) und überhaupt.
Aber es ist angenehm ruhig, und gleich gönne ich mir noch ein Stück Kuchen.
@andijah Kommt halt auf den Beruf an. Die Cafésitzer sind ja allesamt wir Autorinnen.😎 Also, wir sitzen im Café, wenn's am eigenen Swimmingpool zu kühl ist und wenn wir den Champagnerdunst mal wieder mit Koffein auflösen müssen. Gleichzeitig gucken wir viel rum oder quasseln, das nennt man dann "Leute beobachten", "einen Plot entwickeln". Diese Außenwirkung erzielt man auch eher als am Swimmingpool.🤫 🤭 😂 #writerslife#writingCommunity@writers
Sometimes I get harry potter adults asking if Minnie is named after the hogwarts teacher and I think to myself "if I was going to name her after a YA novel character her name would be Katniss"
Hunger Games is better, fight me. We experienced a legit renneissance of YA lit in the last 30 years and there are people out here sleeping on Redwall and the Outsiders. I dont even mind that they read at the same level as a 12 year old. @bookstodon#HarryPotter
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